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How sure can you be that the font you specify will be present on the end user's machine? This is the latest snapshot of the of the Code Style Unix font survey and should give you greater confidence in selecting a font.
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The most common Linux fonts
The most common font reported for Unix family systems is the cursive font URW Chancery L at 96% frequency. Second position is held by the sans serif URW Gothic L, then serif font Century Schoolbook L and monospace font Nimbus Mono L. The serif font URW Bookman L completes the 5 most common Linux fonts at 93% frequency.
Font survey statistics
These figures are the cumulative total of about 3 Linux survey submissions per fortnight since June 2005, 337 total. The Linux font survey applet was introduced on 21 February 2009 and is currently recording the frequency of 85 of the most common Linux fonts.
| Font name | Installed (%) | Sample | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URW Chancery L | 95.73% |
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Sample | Image |
| URW Gothic L | 94.59% |
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Sample | Image |
| Century Schoolbook L | 94.02% |
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Sample | Image |
| Nimbus Mono L | 94.02% |
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Sample | Image |
| URW Bookman L | 92.59% |
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Sample | Image |
| DejaVu Sans Mono | 92.09% |
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Sample | |
| URW Palladio L | 91.45% |
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Sample | Image |
| Nimbus Sans L | 89.93% |
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Sample | |
| Bitstream Charter | 89.21% |
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Sample | |
| DejaVu Sans | 87.25% |
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Sample | |
| Nimbus Roman No9 L | 86.04% |
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Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Sans Mono | 85.75% |
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Sample | Image |
| Bitstream Vera Sans | 82.91% |
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Sample | Image |
| Lucida Bright | 80.00% |
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Sample | |
| Lucida Sans | 80.00% |
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Sample | |
| Lucida Sans Typewriter | 80.00% |
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Sample | |
| DejaVu Serif | 79.19% |
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Sample | |
| DejaVu Sans Condensed | 79.14% |
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Sample | |
| DejaVu Serif Condensed | 78.42% |
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Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Serif | 73.50% |
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Sample | Image |
| FreeMono | 68.46% |
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Sample | |
| FreeSerif | 68.46% |
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Sample | |
| Liberation Mono | 67.63% |
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Sample | |
| Liberation Serif | 67.63% |
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Sample | |
| Arial | 66.95% |
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Sample | Image |
| FreeSans | 66.44% |
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Sample | |
| Liberation Sans | 66.19% |
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Sample | |
| Courier New | 64.39% |
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Sample | |
| Times New Roman | 60.97% |
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Sample | |
| Courier | 59.83% |
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Sample | Image |
| Arial Black | 58.40% |
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Sample | |
| Verdana | 58.40% |
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Sample | |
| Georgia | 56.98% |
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Sample | |
| Impact | 56.70% |
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Sample | |
| Trebuchet MS | 56.13% |
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Sample | |
| Comic Sans MS | 55.56% |
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Sample | |
| Andale Mono | 54.99% |
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Sample | |
| Utopia | 51.28% |
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Sample | Image |
| Helvetica | 46.72% |
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Sample | Image |
| MgOpen Modata | 42.45% |
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Sample | |
These are only the top forty fonts, see the full Linux and Unix font survey results (about 100 KB) for a complete listing.
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